Cochlea

['kɒklɪə] or ['koklɪə]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the organ of Corti.

手打:奥齐--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) An appendage of the labyrinth of the internal ear, which is elongated and coiled into a spiral in mammals. See Ear.

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解釋/意思:

n. a spiral-shaped shell esp. the snail-shell: (anat.) the spiral cavity of the ear.—adjs. Cochlear′iform; Coch′leary Coch′leāte Coch′leāted twisted.

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